'Super blood wolf moon' captured by local photographer

Bryan County Now

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Jan 21, 2019 at 6:34 PM

The last total lunar eclipse of the decade occurred Sunday night giving stargazers the chance to see a “super blood wolf moon.”

For those who missed it Richmond Hill photographer Sydney Busch took advantage of the clear conditions to create a composite of several images of the moon phases leading up to the eclipse and the "wolf moon."

Due to the moon’s closeness to the earth and that it was a total eclipse, the moon appeared 13 percent larger, 16 percent brighter and redder than usual, thus the “super blood” label. Full moons that occur in January are also known as “wolf moons,” in Native American astronomy according to slate.com.

The entire event lasted for about three and a half hours.

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